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Diploria
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Diploria is a monotypic genus of massive reef building stony corals in the family Mussidae.[3][4][5][6] It is represented by a single species, Diploria labyrinthiformis, commonly known as grooved brain coral and is found in the western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.[7][2][8][9] It has a familiar, maze-like appearance.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Cnidaria |
Class: | Hexacorallia |
Order: | Scleractinia |
Family: | Mussidae |
Genus: | Diploria Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848 |
Species: | D. labyrinthiformis |
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Diploria labyrinthiformis (Linnaeus, 1758)[2] | |
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